The United States Postal Service announced on June 20, 2014, the appointment of Maura McNerney, age 43, to the position of Vice President, Controller (principal accounting officer). Ms. McNerney succeeds Scott G. Davis, whose appointment to the position of Acting Vice President, Controller was previously announced by the Postal Service; he will return to his […]
Would End Saturday Delivery; Give ‘Savings’ to Highway Trust Fund June 16, 2014 – The Postmaster General’s latest act of treachery is so outrageous it’s hard to believe. Last week, he endorsed a budget scam that would eliminate Saturday mail delivery and hand over the alleged “savings” to the Highway Trust Fund. The ploy, which […]
June 14, 2014—UPDATED June 16—Earlier this week, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe recklessly endorsed the House of Representative’ leadership’s outrageous ploy to use massive job and service cuts in the Postal Service to “pay for” a short-term extension of the Highway Trust Fund, which will run out of money in August if Congress fails to raise […]
This report presents the results of our self-initiated review of grievance payout costs in the South Florida District (Project Number 13YG036HR000). Our objective was to determine the cause of high grievance payout costs in this district. See Appendix A for additional information about this review. The U.S. Postal Service has about 490,000 career employees, most […]
Saturday delivery update Latest proposal would help highway fund House Republicans last week proposed allowing the Postal Service to stop delivering most mail on Saturday and to use the savings to keep the federal Highway Trust Fund from going broke. In a statement, USPS said, “Allowing the Postal Service to implement a five-day mail/six-day package […]
PMG Donahoe is pushing to change the healthcare of current and retired employees in order to save USPS money. But yet USPS has money to fund the Highway Trust Fund. What did I miss? From the Washington Post: A plan from House Republicans to buoy the nearly-empty highway trust fund with savings from eliminating Saturday […]
STEELES TAVERN,Va. (WHSV)– As part of a plan to save the United States Postal Service $500 million annually, the USPS will be cutting one local post office’s hours in half, which is making many Augusta County residents upset. “The postal service have got to start thinking like business people. You don’t open a business when […]
From the National Association of Postal Supervisors The House Republican Leadership, spearheaded by Chairman Issa, has been developing a plan to end six-day delivery and in turn, use the projected cost savings to fund a Shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund. We have attached a statement where NAPS vehemently opposes this proposal. The Highway Trust […]
Postal Unions Express Joint Opposition to House and Senate Leadership Postal Unions urge Congress to reject any proposal that weakens USPS In a letter urging Senators and Representatives to reject any proposal that would weaken the Postal Service, the National Presidents of the four Postal Unions collectively object to a proposal to use the United […]
Misinformation on Village Post Offices corrected A recent contributor author article in Linn’s Stamp News questioning the value of Village Post Offices (VPO) contained incorrect statements. In a reply, USPS set the record straight: Regarding the article titled “Village Post Offices – are they really worth it for the USPS?”